Home > RASD state is the only stability factor in the region
Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony. The people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination in accordance with the International Court of Justice verdict of 1975 and also in accordance with many UN Resolutions and practice in decolonisation.
Western Sahara is a rich and large territory. The Saharawis have gained an immense tradition and experience in organisation and state building during the past three decades. They are wise, pragmatist and moderate.
The argument that the Saharawi should compromise their inalienable rights in freedom, dignity and independence for the sake of economic development of the region is wanting.
I wonder how the people of Namibia, South Africa or any other former colonies would have felt if they were told to forget freedom and independence and compromise so that the Southern African region can develop!
There will be no stable and developed Maghreb region until the Saharawis gain their freedom. The Maghreb Union can not be built on the skeletons of the Saharawis.
As for the Western Sahara dispute we have a declaration of independence of the Saharawi republic that can be recognized or not. The RASD is created and is not failing at all giving the circumstances. Compare the literary rate of RASD and Morocco, Compare the export of terrorists from RASD and Morocco. RASD performs better as Morocco concerning these two factors.
East Timor was occupied by the Indonesian dictator Suharto whose bloodthirsty reign became a problem for his western supporters. The independence of East Timor spelled the end to Suharto’s reign. It’s not sure, as pretend some defenders of the moroccan monarchy that the independence of Western Sahara will be the end of Mohammed VI’s reign. But the reality is that Morocco failed enough to have it’s dictator removed by an international action in favour of RASD.
I also doubt Moroccans can bring down the Moroccan monarchy, because if this monarchy is not in the interest of Moroccans, but of Saudi and French and USA, those foreign interests have the best position to bring it down. They have a problem though. Their interests will be served better in the 2100 century with a modern democracy but a transition from an Islamic dictatorship to a secular democracy will fail because of the rigid posture of the Moroccan crown on Western Sahara. A referendum is a necessity in any democratic solution. But Mohammed VI said he will never ever give up or bargain over one grain of sand of the Western Sahara. One grain of sand may not be a very solid foundation for a kingdom but it certainly destroys the machinery of reform in the whole region. Mohammed VI’s grain of sand-problem can not be blamed on the Saharawi for they have done enough concessions in the negotiations organised by the UN. The Saharawi have been the ones who kept the peace process going. The Saharawi refugees are the victims of the stalemate, not the Moroccan king in his palace.
To my mind Europe needs reform in the Maghreb badly. The USA will realize the need of democratisation sooner or later. I think it can not be done without a referendum in Western Sahara.